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The entire community was greatly shocked and much grieved over the sudden death of Mr. John B.
HURT on the 26th. He was 49 years of age, a man of sterling qualities, honest, kind, generous and accommodating. A merchant of this town for the past 13 years, also a farmer and grazier. He will be greatly missed in the church, Sunday School, everywhere. His popularity was unbounded, his friends could not be counted. He leaves a wife and eight children, three boys and five girls, the youngest being six years of age. The four oldest were away at school and the death came like a thunder bolt to their young and loving hearts. Miss Margaret was at Bethany College, Bethany, west Virginia; Miss Barbara at Tazewell High School, Tazewell; and Messrs George and Jim Bob at the V.P.I. Blacksburg. We understand that the two oldest George and Miss Margaret will not return to their schools, although the former is of the class of 1911 graduates.
Messrs. Fred and Harvey George GILLESPIE who were called here on account of the death of their uncle, Mr. J.B.
HURT, have returned to the V.P.I. at Blacksburg. Some beautiful floral tributes from V.P.I. cadets, friends of the Hurt boys, arrived on Saturday p.m., too late for the funeral and burial of Mr. HURT. The following are some from this place who attended the funeral and burial of Mr. John B.
HURT at Tazewell on Saturday: Mr. and Mrs. R.K. GILLESPIE, Mr. and Mrs. W.B.
STEELE, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. ALTIZER, Messrs. John, Fred and Harvey George
GILLESPIE.
The burial of the remains of the late John B. HURT, whose tragic death was reported in last week's paper, took place here last Saturday morning, in Jeffersonville Cemetery, at 12 PM. The body, accompanied by members of his family, relatives and a number of sorrowing friends, reached Tazewell on Saturday mornings train, and were met at the depot by a number of Tazewell people. The funeral services, conducted by Rev. Mr.
WILEY, of the Methodist Church, assisted by Rev. Mr. HALL, of the Presbyterian church, were held at the residence of George W.
GILLESPIE, father in law of the deceased, in the presence of a very large crowd of friends from different sections of the county. He was widely and most favorably known all over the county, and many of them wept as they looked for the last time, upon his face. He was a member of the Methodist church, and would have been 50 years of age had he lived until next May. He leaves a widow and eight children. Two children are dead. All of his children were present at the burial services.
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